Brütal Legend Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Published: Jan 12, 2009

Brutal Legend Guide

Brütal Legend is set in a heavy metal utopia -- and while utopia isn't a common subject in this darkest of musical genres, the game does its best to envision a world in which is built on a sturdy foundation of hard rock. It's a land of studded leather, ridiculous hair styles, myths and magic -- it's like if The Legend of Zelda "went electric."

And if you associate metal with slackers, meet Eddie Riggs, who takes rock music very, very seriously. Eddie is skilled in the arts of the rock 'n' roll roadie -- repairing rigs, setting the stage, managing merch and running the show from behind the scenes. While Eddie's skills go unrecognized by the legions of fans in real life, in the world of Brütal Legend his peculiar abilities place him squarely in the spotlight. In this strange, but awesome, world, headbanging is a form of self-defense, throwing up the devil horns is a battle cry, and a blistering solo can literally melt your enemies' faces off. It's up to Eddie to build an army and fight the forces of evil -- you know, the not-cool kind of evil.

There are many different factions of rock music, none of them as pure as metal. The proponents of these various forms of watered-down tripe stand between Eddie and his ultimate goal. He won't have to go it alone though, since metal's heaviest players will lend him a hand along the way -- like Lemmy, Motörhead's mustachioed bassist, Judas Priest's main shrieker Rob Halford, the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne and, of course IGN Guides. Let us be your roadie on this tour -- for those about to rock, we are here to help.